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9 44 V I\N A O VOL.ilL ANN V~. 'I~tENL~NT ('WNT S.C. AlEDNESI)NY, A UGU STri"L-~.NO 4 CITY 1: o; SIi It VAN L'\ILN; The Veatiwr at '-rt 1 a - ,,t the' Skies. stighutenz at Last--Thxe Ia.u'gat ral Ceremoni4s--A 'arti:a List of the- E x ii t--o.the L it-r - of Interet The Inter-State Farmers' Su E campacnt w-.s duly inauguraie . at Sparkmlbu'.rg on Tuesday. the :nd in->t. The bad weather nturally dimi!hLA the crow-d at tirt la attendance. Lit when the Lour for eL.&nag riv-:a A-r was a goodIy crowd inl the paviis p vided for their accummodation. At 12 o'clock thc lion. Jon W. Wofford called the meeting to e2der. The stage was occupied by the folh Iv ing named gentlemen: N. F. Walker, of Spartanburg, the lev. 11 H. llAe, the Hon. J. W. Wofloid, Dr. C. E. Fler Col. A. P. Butler, the HIon.11. S. k on, of Colleton, T. J.. Moore, of Sp-tan burg, the Hon. D. 11. Duncan, of par tanburg, Mr. E. L. IPee, lrof. 1). A. UuPre, J. H. Montgomnery, B. F. Yont gonery, one aged farmer irom as, and ottier distinguished citizens. Owing to some error Bishop Durcan, who had been selected to deliver the opening prayer, did not arrive util atter the opening of the procee gs. The prayer was, therefore, offer<. tu by the Rev' 11. H. Reid, of lleidville It is estinated that the audiene num bered not less than two thousand per sons, among whom were a very .rge contingent of ladieis, chiefly from '-pa r tanburg. Upon motion oi Mr. John W. WoZ.,rd, who stated that there was no hkelihood of the presence of the commis'ernes from the four other States, Capt. N. IT. Walker was called to the chair. In assuming the chair Capt. W.&ker delivered a short and tilrig aderess, in which he pledge.d himself to furthul i in every possble way the objects of the Ecampment. He also introduced the Hon. 1). Rz. Duncan. who had been cho-eu to deliver the address of welcn me. Mr. Duncan addressed the meeting as follows: THE UNACGTAL ADDRESS. Mr. Chairman and Gentleracn: 11-ave the honor, in the name of ail citize of Spartanburg county, to bid you a varm welcome to this Elneampniert. We sincEr~ly hope that the' delilra tions and discussions which will e':Pv the days of your sojourn here ma be marked by great good to all who 'r ticipate and to all who witns your labors. May your gatherLig be ac-om panied in its intluence and practical. re sults with the largest amount ot int di gent information and exposition in the arts and work of that great sciece ich you represnt. Upon this all gro .th and prosperity rest. Alway, the hrgest contributor to the happiness of the peoph- at home, sn culture has made this, the greatet ut re publics, renowned abroad for its eo ntri butions to the sustenance and con; fort of the millions of other lands. 1 thL pursuit of knowledge, the labors of the workshov, the whirl of the faedorv wheels, the busy industries and comuier cial interests by land and sea, lag and languish, it is only because the vallcvs are not covered over with corn, because there is no fatness' in the pastures, be cause the cattle do not rejoice upon the hills and the earth fails to yield her in crease. We are the more rejoiced on this occa sion because of the evidence we have of the awakening and awakened intereat in your avocation, which now seemis to be takig in impqortamnce precedence of all -other questions. How shall the lsgest intelligence and the most reliable ex perimental knowledge be invoked and enforced in behalf of tending this gar den of earth, which was delivered to the first farmer of creation with the cumi mand to keep and dress it-a prop~osi tion not new, indeed older than all oth ers, and yet, strange to say, it has now less of intelligence, pressing and p-ash than any of those things which command the time and talents of men. While it is true that the agriculture of this extensive country is conducted on a scale unknown in ancient or in modern times, yet in these important depart ments of knowledge we are singularly deticient. No other field holds out a more inviting prospect to the diigent and the enterprising, a lile-wark wich may till the noblest ambition. The. re is no closed door to the followers ofti art. As iilustrated from the days of George Washington down to the success of the poor farmer's boy of the, Edley of Virginia with his reaper, eneowumrng se minares, orphans' homes and umve r sity professors1hips, there is no temporal interest of humanity which excees mn importance that at your pursuit, and all others it h-as oiutlived. "It survives Turk and Time and Gioth." Upon it the merchant and mechanic, the bench i-na bar and the forum and camp depend. Indeed, as has been said: "The necessi ty of this art is evident, since this can live without all othetrs, and no one othiel without this. The principles of it be ing the principles of all nature, earth, water, air and the sun and the sea, a comprehends of. philosophy more, than any one profession, art or sciee in t -world besides.' Let me call your attentic n to what an :ale essa'vist i; rote two hundred yeara go. He said: "Who is there among .'ur gentry that doea nut entertain a lancing-niaster for mus children as soon as they are able to wsalk, but did ever any ?ather provide a tutc r for his son to instruct him betimes in the nature and imp)roveitnent of that hind he intend ed to lcave him?'" That is a superfluity and thus a great defect in our manner of education, and therefoie I could wish (but cannot in thiese times much hope to see it.) that one college in each univers ty were erected and appropriated to thi' study, as well as they are to medieihe and the civil law. There would be ra fellows wit cet'u- o-nt.J would -utlice, it :dter the- mam"'r-' stallsian'O rd tie e? nl f professors coinsti ::ted to each t~a four p-irts: Fir. M ' ;on and all t au relating to it. SecLd. Pastuge. br V, t1w the 1 0 the ieid nd ut - 1 i"n ai uses 1. :11mti: hs:is i:nu tr Jkn. Tem n tto ro struet r p ilthe o e ehod and couirso f u tand the2 cln X mo Lrt iL ui : O i C di ,1-d iCY To these thoughts 'Awo ue 'anZ:, Id -irt ar Old, lit0e o 1 va. has )een addlfoin the proz thLse who iave essa'd to virit a:;d speak melh upon)01 ti el *irper::ant wat t. The wender S th so m I b .1en concieve3. so i4tte Las bcu chi The irs agrculandsociety incor utratd't in AL rica w that estaOblaeId .n Stout., Carol ia in u;, called "The Society for the Preinuotion of Ag! Jicul ture," 'tat.g 1hat its objects hiluded tI institioli of a Iarm for expcriments inagriculture an d the importation and ItbUiun of fureign productions uiIit cd to the climate of the State. He who was first in the hearts of his countrymen, in akn'st his last utteranecs to tua'm, with prophetic earnestness ur::ed npon the founders and representa tives oiithe young republic this great matter of agricultural education a one of the foremost temands of the times. The national interest ai niportance of his language is in propcirtion. As the nation auvances in population and other circumstauces of maturity. this truth be comes more apparent and renders the cultivation oi the soil more and more an object of puolic patronage. Institutions for promoting it gro -, up supported by the pablic purse, and to wLat object can it be dedicated with) greater proput-ty? This species f estabiihment contritl'es doubirv to the increse of 0iprovcmuent by shi-ulating etr rai sd ex-Ie-ri .m nt, ^an y ravrng t ai c)md O centre the results everywhere iOf :indi vida d skil anI oservation and spr ad ing tiem thence over the -,--hole na. Experlience hauth shown that they: are -.ery c-cap utrumets of immnen-i na tional b ueilt IV.v ' few yta 'ferars the funder ard gr.at apostle of the )emoeracv, .in hs distinguishe- ioau 'ur * s.eaking of "ood governtent, Dla'cd in the c rcle of Our ftliejemes the encouragement.' of agicl(ture and comn merc.' asis handlid a rli scipA~lnd lita ' oir best r:1ance in peace antd for tie firstmoments of war, aud we welcoae them to-day; as one of the Je!*r oni platform planks in recogni tion of the fact that the tillers of the soil are reaav, as its defenders, when ne-leed to bcome the heroes of the hild and e . I will not trespass fuith.r upon your time, upon more intcting exerciseS. Alow .me to recat the cordial saluta tions of the comitte and people whona 1 represeri. )e s;nG to do all in their power to till the dys of your sojourn in our midst with thie fullest enjoynt and proeit, we feel ure that in the preparation of the second Eucampn:ent experience will elininoate very much of what we are conscious are the impece tions and shortcoming!s of CLs. the irst. AIN ESSAY ON EES. The only other address delivered dur ing the day was that of Mr. T. .T. Moore, of Spartanburg. "B~ee culture" was the ubjet of his essay. Mr. Moore treated his subject from a practical standpoirt and in an eminently enterhaining ,ma, ner. ie iistrated his methods rf cultulre by his own patent hives and combs, which are of easy construction, and can be made at a very slight ex pense. Mr. Moore's address closed the speak ing of the day, upon which the meeting adjourned. VIEw 1NG TUE .TTnAeTIoNs. After the speaking the crowd amused and eutertained themselves by visitieg the stores of the merchants on the grounds, the State exhiibit and the art gallery on~ the second floor of tihe pavilion. The State exhibit was comn uict :n all its detaiiN containing speci teenS of everyting prcducedi or raised in the State. It wtas tilled with viisitors. The ar gaiikry contains exhibits of painting and crayon work, sculpture, fancy needle and quilting. The greatex part of the work in painting is by Miss Alice D~uncan anti Mrs. Gwynn, of Spar tanburg. There is also a fine display of pasteiles by Miss Mildred Scaife, ci Union. Amon~g the contributors are Miss Carrie Duncan, Miss Elie Lee, and Miss Mildred Thorupon. There is also some creditable work in setilpture by Mr. O. A. Walden, of this county. Tho art gallery also contains exhibits of organs anid pianos by Mr. Twitty, [he west~ end is :i'icd with machinery exibits ;romn WVisi: & Ryvkar, of "Abbe yille; C. P. Poppeniic-m, (f Charleston, and .D. W. Moore, of this city. Amnong the raost cnergetic exhibiitors on th< groruds is Mr. Georjge McMaster, of Molaster & Gibbes, of Columbia, whc have a large da-play of agricultural ma. cinery, such as Van Winkle gins, Bar hoiur cotton seed crushers, Deering mowers, hay rakes, kVe. THE .MILITARY coNTINLIENT. Owing to the delay of the train on th< Spartanburg, Union and Columbia ani the Air Line, only the following compa nies arrived the first day: The Sumateu Guards, 27 men, Capt. Simeon Hyde the Manning Guards, 27 men, Capt. A Levy; the Fort Motte Guards,. 23 men Capt. RI. M. Clafy; the Edisto Rifles, o: Orangeburg, 26 men, Capt. 0. M. D)antz ler, and the Newberry Rifies, 15 men Capt. 0. L. Schumpert. The Morgai Rifles, of Spartanburg, Capt. E. Bacon were also in camp. Among the distinguished otlicers pres ont were Adjt. Gen. Bonham, Brig. Gen I. N. Richbourg, Col. UI. L. ?arley ol. . a. Mlc(oTwan, ofi t:he (vernor' .,tlyCat. f. . errnof Abeville -. iide ,m to Gi ichbourg, an, \.:n K. Wiit. of (olamlbia. Iou tent ciwio te griou.ds. The s ee .en by. Gen. I ouhamn from th . )e deparet, ad although shippe< iro-n Piladelphi' only a few days ag says that Col. Ludiington, throii whom. tie tents werc obtained, acted With com-mendable prop tness in re spnse to t1ekgraphi regaisitions upon (Gen. Richbourg isued special order. to comp~any caiatin, instructing~ them to assume conmmand and arrange for guard duty. More About the (;athering. As the weather cleared up. the crowd increased in size, so that on the second day of the Eucampment the estimated number present was over 6,0%-. North Carolina w:as well repressita, ther e beig present farmers fronm i"Alk, He nderson and Rutherford cvanties. Most O, these are encamped 01 in tle grove~s thait surround10 tiwF:r(r.iy iy roughtlk withL ti-~ -l;ter do mete nimpedimenta and prepared for a stay Of indelinite length, if necessary. Lere was also a large increase in attendance from all parts of this !St'te, and especially from Charleston am the low-country, there being prorinent and representative phiLters from all the sca islands. Berkeley. Barnwell, Hamptou and Colleton counties. There was a big crush under the pavil ion when the usual morning meeting was called to order. All the seats were oce pied, aud the crowd overflowed in all directions beyond the limits of the building. The Hon. *J. M. Walker prc sided over the exercises, which were opened with prayer by the 1I-v. J. .1. Reid. Among the distinguished guests at the Encampment, other than those previously noted, were the Hon. J. J. aemphill and Superintendent of Educa tion J. H. Rice, who were invited to seats upon the stage. TirE sI'EUCIES. The first ad iress at the morning ses sion was delivered by State Cliemist Philip E. Chazel on the subject general ly of the official inspection of fertilizers -the principles which underlie it and the practical difficulties which stand in the way of a recognition of its value by the farmer. The second address was delivercd by Col. A. P. Butler, State Commissioner of Agricultu re, who prefaced his remarks by congratulating the iiGrange upon the success of "this gr-at mecting." He .said that it had probably surpassed in unm bers and in work of practical vahte to planters anry similar gatherng that has ever been held in South Caroli. le considered the present success of the Encampment the most convincing proof of its permanence as an instituticn. Col. Butler's address was devoted to the discussion of the bars to the progress of the farmer. lie denied that the farmers of the Stute are being impoverished by anything emanating from the c:.e utive, legislative, or jaicid branches of the State Government, and that if there were anything that it could be promptly removed. Summing up, Cl. Butler suggested as remedies for prisent dinli. culties the diversity of creps, the pracice of rigid economy, the improvement of the tenant system, more independence of factors and merehants, inteligent use of commercial ferilizers, imnproved methods of agriculture, and the use of improved implements. The next address was that of the !-n. D. P. Duncan, whor regrettcd tL au sence of Col. Lipscomb, who was, as he said. the originator of and prime mover in the enterprise. Preaiden ns speech was devoted prncipa lly to a dis cussion of the best maethGos of cducating farmers and farmners' chi-lren. I we a carefully prepared essay, of which it would be impossible to give in a para graph or two an intelligent idea. After the above address closed there was a stock show, and the State agrical Itural exhibit occupied the attention of the visitors until the afternoon~ session. Governor Richardson attended the meeting and was of course called upon for a sreech. He was introduced felicitously by Mr. N. F. Walker, upon which Govr or Richardson responded, congratulating the State Grange upon the splendid attendance and expressing the hope that with each returning En campnment its proportions would in crease, and that the farmers, of whom he was proud to be one, would reeive in the coming years the full benefits of the enterprise. Applause.] The Hon. .3. J. Hlemphill, in respocnse to a call, delivered a humorous and taking little speech, which was repeated ly cheered and applauded. Secretary Ludwig, of the North Caro lina State Grange, addressed the meet inig on the subject of what the North Carolina State Grange was doing. oTHEn FEATGEs. The feature of the outdoor soorts on Wednesday was the opening game of the base ball tournament between the Orangeburgs and the Spartans. The game was witL essed by about four hun dred persons, all of whom were corn fortably seated on the grand stand. The following were the batteries: Orange burg, Kittrel, pitcher; Lightfoot, catch er. Spartanburg, Thompson and Smith. Ipitchers; Hammett, catcher. Kitt .dll struck out eight men, Smith for-, Thompson three. The game resulted in a victory for Orangeburg by a score of 9 to 7. Oflicial scorer, Kohn. Umpire, Jennings. T he result of the glass ball tou rna ment was in favor of the Newberry team. The scores and the competing clubs are as follows: Newberry, i3; Walterboro, '82; Glenn Springs, 30n; SparLtirnrg No. 1, 26; Spartanburg No. 2, 29. The three prizes were: Newberry, .%0i; Walterboro, .30; Glenn Springs, .20. TIHE MILITALY DnlLL. The first brigade drill was commaeded by Gien. Richbourg, Capt. E. B teon oiticer of the day. The folio wing companies particiitid Sumter Guards, Edisto Rilles, Fort Motte Guards, G reenville G uuds, Butler Guards, the' Moga ' ilesandNewberr The paramde was witnessed by a m large concourse, and was pe-rforted in manner cre diable to thre military of ti State. An inpection of the Morga Rifles was held by Ali. Gen. Inuham .av werc the.E I.......e *nlin pres if' W. W\ag-ner a Co. Charleston C. C. Wod's im~rvesting maachinery, (t 1.v~sik LFal, N. Y. and te exhinte ,' N. C. IA viry interestin~g feature of the En campqment was the kirmess and flag dril uspices of the Helen Chalmers Literar Association. The court room was t scene of briIliant decoration. The booth: were presided over by young ladies ir various national costumes. The attend. a1Uce was particularly large, as the afiai waus give-- for the benefit of Spartan burg's favorites, the Morgan Rifles. Th< Iag d-ill was executed by the following young ladies as sponsors for the com Spanies: Suiter Guards, 3Iiss ErnestinE einitsh; Fort 3-otte Guards, MisE Reina Alkuc; Morgan Riles, MIiss N(llic EIford; 1utler Guards, Miss Fannie 1!Ike; Gret nville Guards, Miss H. Em ri. .ining Guards, Miss Clarice Con; E disto Riles, 3iss Milkdred Thompson; Lan cens Guards, Miss Carrie berry Rifles, 'Miss Icl essi 31eau; N\th Carolina troops, Mi . Sad) Ha ; outli Carolina. Miss Heln usei: GorIa, Iss E. B. Cha~e. The i~g company was under colmand of Capt. Bacon, the uniform being a blue sirt anxd body with white rim , and black felt hats with black ph"r. The evolutions of their gallant minlitary sisters were largely cheered by the various companies pres nt. It is estimated with every show of rea son that fully 10,000 people passed througli the zt-eets of the Farmers' City on Thursday. Certainly there appears to be no lin t to the energy displayed by the farEi ug classes in the endeavor to at least visit tXe Encampment. There are instance - of imen, women and chil dren wh waked from fifteen to twenty miles diirin the niigiit to reach the city. Taking the EL=.L.pment all in all, it is sometLini nol in Soutli Carolina, and some of the old rien say that it has been the ilrst tin; in thi State that a success fid effort ha-s been made to attract and hold together for such a length of time so many thousands of the farming class. There IS, indeed, no telling how long the multitudes will remain in camp, for they have come well provided for any emergey. The woods around the city are alive with men, women and children, some of theni hauving found acc-mmoda tions in the wagons and others sleeping ont under the open yvhich for the pasut two day; has been particularly favoraIIc. TIM LA-T DAYs. As to tile character of the crowd it is possibly the most motley that has ever come togethcr in South Carolina. All classes are represented and the visitor can see almost everybody from the Governor of the State to the bootblack from the neighboring rival city. The plain country girl and the belles of Giainey City, Laurens, Union, Spartan burg, Gree-nvillc and other centres of fa.ion are to be found indiscriminately mixed in themush at the art gallery, or iu the pavilion, or in ti.e State building roomIs. or in1 the inter State booth of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, where icedt waters and tracts are dis pensed with equal liberality. This booth, U the way, is one of the prettiest struet-res on the grounds and was erect ed -nter the direction of 'Mrs. W. K. Blakhe, L p1resident of the local union. The morning session began at 10 o'ock, President Duncan in the chair. This day h e en devoted to the exer cises of' the State Agricultural and Me. chia-l Society. The president invited all the farmers to visit the fair next fall. An instructive essay was read by Mr. John F. 'T-ownsend, the well known stock raiser and cotton planter of Edisto island, on the future of the sea islands. A great mxany of the points made were all of a revelation to the up-country farmers. The next address was by Mr. E. T. Stackhouse, of 3Marion, on experiments with the cotton plant. The deduction being that the farmer who makes a living at home, and makes cotton a surplus crop, is generally solid and safe. Then came an interesting discussion of the ques.tion whether it pays the farmer to substitute cotton seed meal for his cotton seed as a fertilizer. Among the speakers were Chancellor Johnson, of alarion, tlessrs. M. L. D~onaldson, of Greenv ie, Holleyman, of OJrangeburg, and W . Jennings, of Berkeley, who maintained the negative of the question. The allirmative was unsuccessf ully argued by Mr. Peterkin, of Orangebnrg. Tl is inauguration of general debate has been looked npon by the promoters of the enterprise here as the beginning of the practical school work and education of the farmer, and will be developed with wonderful results at future encampments. Col. W. D. Evans, of MIarlboro, read a paper on the duty of the farmer as a cit izen and as a legislator. MIr. D. K. Norris, of Anderson, discussed in a very able paper the necessity of diversified agriculture. Experiments with the corn plant, by 3Mr. 1B. F. Perry, of Greenville, contained many suggestive points and brought ab~out another experience meet ing, the debaters being Capt. C. Petty, of Spartanbourg, Mlessrs. C. D~ixon and A. MlcIee, of Greenville, C. Turner, cf Spatrtanuburg. and iH. T. Harwley, of Dar. ligtn Te session closed with an excellent and humorous speech by Col. J. G. 31eissicki, of Union. Fia wtas "Governor's day." Th( opeting address being made by Goe. i hardson. .\mong the other addresses 'was one on the subject of signal service in its hearings on agriculture, by Capt. R. Graham, of the UT. S. Signal service. Camp was broken and the military companies returned homo-Saturday. Jasper Bryan, living out on the river, east ol ton relates ax remarkable inci dent betwe a pcig " of his and a rattle Ohae. fin sow' and pigs used to g( inl the river swmp, and frequently the s:> wouldv r.ppea~r or lier slops with ouc pig shrt vjhich o worried friend .r3 :: t t I-.: mrter't i his forces znd e'nt in searc of th e::a oi the ab ence o. the pis lie had not been ii th swam long befoer" ne was startled bth pe' cuilir s ound of the~ rattlesn "pon investigation tound that a nakt had swallowed a pig but the little grunlr, ::sm .i . :mt.ti with the .iroug the be~~ . lly h ae and wa: aiuki ab tr.ylug to find its way eut n t he lower part of the snake's body. [Iie snae was proptly killed, and oun eo cotatu sixteen rattles. Tbt ea- rnied homle and is doing well. la~salv;e I Ioa TLes --Canyion isderve fom guem a whshu n d irlw has guinption is ont A QUEER QREATURE. COLD ANDl) SHVERlING IN 3)'; MER--WA131 AS A FIRITTER When the JIleak Winter Comes--tn ltocet Tells of the l'evuliarities of Ili. Physical Make-up--A Puzzle to) All the WlAsn, Isn., July 24.-The people of Wabash will not soon forget the awful heat of last Saturday and Sunday, when the brassy skies looked down upon tile white limestone which glowed in the hut sunshine and sent up currents of heat, if anything more unbearable than the burning rays that descended from bore. On the evening of that sweltering Sat urday your correspoident met a being so strange and out of harnonv with his surroundings that a repetition of his wonderful story cannot fail to interest the reader, even though that reader may take no thought of its scientilic phase, which, if it has a counterpart in the whole world of experience, is unknown to the writer. Just at dark, the writer, as he was passing the Wabash depot, trying in every possible way to keelp cool, noticed a large-sized man standing near the depot building, apparently just arrived on an incoming train. He looked like a laboring man, and would not have attracted attention anywhere except for one thing: He was dressed in heavy win ter clothing, such as no sane man would have worn with the thermometer at 91 degrees, as it was then. Was he an in valid, whose blood was too thin and poor to be affected by the terrible heat, in common with his fellows? He was too vigorous and healthy-looking, and that theory had to be abandoned. Was he a tramy3, whose wardrobe did not afford a hot weather suit? He did not look like a tramp; besides, he had on surplus clothing, even to an overcoat that he I might have carried. He did not look heated. On the other hand, he had much the appearance of a man chilled and suffering with the cold. His over coat collar was turned up about his ears and his hands were thrust deep into his pockets. The correspondent had not watch him long until he grew curious i and concluded to investigate the phe nomenon. He accordingly took a posi tion near the stranger and remarked, while he fanned himself vigorously with his straw hat: "'Tis warm to-night.". "'o they tell me," replied the man in Ilroken English, with a mixture of French; "I do not know." "But you certainly do not have to be told that it is hot to-night," said the cor respondent, who was faintly suspicious that the stranger was trying to "guy" him. A closer inspection, however, showed him that the man was not suier ing from heat, warmly as he was dressed, for there was not a particle of perspira tion about him. "I have not been warm: since last winter, except when I was by a warm stove or in bed," said the strann er in a serious tone that banished the idea that he was joking. "Mine is a strange- case," he continued. "Would you care to hear it; it is not long?" "I should certainly like to hear the history of a man who is not warm to-night, dressed as you are in heavy woolens," said your correspondent. "Well, then, I was born forty-two years ago this month in a northern. province of France, in A Isace, of peasant parentage. There is nothing in my his tory that is of interest, but there is something in me that has interested many-a peculiarity that has puzzled science, and is without a parallel in the whole world, so far as I know or have ever heard. The peculiarity consists in the fact that when others arc warm I ame cold, and vice versa. I shiver with cold under a hot July sun, and swelter with: heat amid the snows of winter. My name is Jean Rlocet, and my father was a laborer in a brewery in Alsace, and had a large family, of which I was the youngest, except one, a sister, who was born three years later. None of my brothers or sisters possessed my peeca liarity. My mother first discovered that I was not like other children when I was about one year and a half old, before I can myself remember. My parents and the neighbors were greatly puzzled at the phenomena, but not more- so than were the scientific men who examined me in later years. I was the wonder of our neighborhood as I grew up, for while other children in winter went about in heavy woolens, and shivered with cold at that, I played by the road side wearing thin summaer clothing, while my body was ilushed vwith heat and my face snifused with perspiration. When summer came again, an~d birds sang, and the sun's fierce ray:: beat apon the white roads of Alsace, an my little companions frolicked upon the green sward and waded the brook, I cried with the cohd and sought warmth indoors. The seascns were just reversed for in.." "But whein you toucuedt the ice and snow, were they not cold to you ?" was asked. "Yes, as they would be to you in the summer time. The frozen ground, too, was cold, but the icy atmosphiere tbat swept over it was stifling to mec as a sirocco. What was most peculiar, per haps, was the fact that the lower the thermometer sank the warmer 1 got, and the higher it arose the colder it seed to me. To prove to you thiat a was not imagination with m:: icci of my hand, said the ::tranger. The scribe touched hiIt was as cold as ice, and the wn--:cu ry stood at 9t, degrees. "I lived in Alsoee 'ig' about ten years ago, when I came to this count ry to work.at my trade, that of a stone-eutter. I live.d in Jersey City ntil few days ago, when I btat,' est. I am un mari, iin hr' ive never had a sick day in my~ h.fe. That is my~ history and, os you see, uneventful enogh, except for this peculiarity in my physical make-up, wvhc' '1ys wintcr into summer and balnmy 'ummier into dread winter." "Iat can you think of no explanatio~n or th''is uenomenon? What do scientific e aofit'?" Ntigthat is not guess-work. It is said that a few days before I was born the hot July weather in Als"c wa broken in upon by ai se'iere storm, in which the elcments were bgrangely mixed. Thunder and lightning, coim bined with hail and even snow, swept in -a furious torrent over Alsace, and con i nned for more than twenty-four hours. after tdil. tim gt LLArin restS 11)o1 un-) proved ter. I o1 know the fact. 1 (to not !0t~p to xplain it." YOUc w t ;aw the fact, ancd Was himseli maazed to a see a nau who could so easly defy the power of Old Tol' iiI. For the Nw . or' Financial Chron iele's Cot)oIn arL of Jul. 30 the follow ing 1guires "ae atred relative to the m tt during the pimt Fer th e week enJiug .uly 2(1 the tot:: p r::ied 2,5)1 lbales, against :3, 5 b- lastweek, -1,601) bales the previouls Wk and 1.201 bales three we.,ks ne;maki.ng th2 total receipts aisi, in , t-,72 bals forthe same period :f iuJ.* hown a decrease since ep m r, 1 , of 9.3 bales. The xur or the week reach a total o ,1 bAi:/, of which 415,57 were to eat Brit:r.. 2.260to Enijee, and 4,2Mb Vo the r.-t of the ontiuent. The ira ports into continental ports were 6,000 t)alecs. There was zn inerease in the cotton in sight ;f 7.1.#1 bic as coimpared with tle same dltate of 18.%-, an increase 01 :;6,517 balh s s compared with the cor respuding- date of 165, and a decrcase of :3387 bales as compared with 1684. The old interior stocks have decreased during the weck 1,:356 bales, and were, Friday night, :30, 67 bales less than et the samie period lst year. The receipts at the saie towns have been 6,532 bales less than the same week last year, and since September 1 the receipts at all the towns are 71,287 bales less than for thm same time in 1885- . The total receipts from the planta tions since Ist 'Septcmber, 18S6, arel 5,184,556 baies; in 188-6 were 5,340,448 bales; in Ls#-5 -re-re 4,727,276 balei. Although the ree0.pts at the outports for the pa.t week wre 2,Z)1 bales, theactual moveenwnt frou the piantations was only 1,:":;0 b11us, the balance heir.g taken from the stocks at the inltrior towns. Last year t rectipts from the puitatio's for thel.- ee were 1,676 blehs, =-:d for 1S"5 they bales. Up t Je :1 0 the reeipts vt the por: this yea w e 0,9 bies less thua in 185 ,Ad J :,I: bAles. more than a the me time in 1S 5. This stat ni*.t s'o..S tat te ru-cpts since Sep tComber -,') up ;L Eriday night, were 1 bua!.::s lss than il they were: to the sne Gy 0I he Lacntl ia 1.%, and" 42,30 1,2ale s mAore ti -a they were to the s1m11e day U1 A.h m h i 18h5 il . The Chrunicle says thAt the specula tion in ctzcnf for fA delvry at New York wais fairl active for lhe week under review, but I., coursc of prices wa: (luite un2ht tl L, (e)lApinl lAt. l thIue som.. irregular:7. a nthis and the next crop. O1 SaturdAy the heat and th half~ b~ia canr - as almost com p)ieL. deertio .A:A tA the ionI .Ixch ange after th. AirA oi. OU Monday the market opiCued .Licky, bIut the decline n thin Cop W- lig' reovered; ci Tuesdayl1~ h r tis crop was lower and the -.xt dearer through nianipulw tiont saz otenoeae h had bcn seLing Ireiy, puttin!g out full lines of contracts, a.d at the close some pressure was shown in Julv contracts, which was 'ore con-spicuous on Wednez, day, when tier was an advac "along the whoe.'k line." Thursday tle'e was i. material decline in the neXt crop, th bull movement of the previols day get ting no support Irom any 'oart. Oq Friday August options deAlhd i)oints and the ne:<t "ruip: vms much depressed. A Starling: Prei iethm Two hundred years ago in (hirna there was just such a craze about natural g.es as we have in this country to-day. Was wells were sunk with as mueh vina and vigo'r as the CJelestis were capable of, but owing to. a gais e::plosion that killed several mullions of peopl and to-re uip and desitrayed a lag district of country leavi'~ '. lau.e: inland s, know ona01 the. maps as La~ke F'oo Chang, the boring otf any more gas wells w'as then and ther pr"ohibite~ byA law it sems, accordina to theL Chiue hi.tory that manny lare and in1 someC districts wel were sun] (fuite near to) each other. Gas was lighted as soon as struck, as is dene i ilhs countrv It is sttd that one wel with its unusual p Onsur., by induc~tion or back da.:;h't, puLed down into the earth thre burig gLa*A s of at sml'aller wel resutiLe in a dreadfuil exuo:,ion of lnr-ge district, dest oyin .tu~e inhabitant~ thereof. La" - 1.~1 Chaug rests on thi distric. 'i.h sa~ natastrophe is immi nout in this contry unless the lawsr strict fute devedopmenLts in berig so a, wiA dw1 1 o~ tembl eare mmkI.ll.A ee( iAo..A. The cuautr a: the .o~s A i lwi ToA.1lOJ th ro'ug Uhio Indn1u*j and Ken t\, wVil be.ripe up to ti' .eA.5 AAAU ,2 f and doppd ove the ' pneae evi: Lai; .Are e .Aeh.i: dow,, iiiit Ah Un-,n l &i.iiii~t Valley., and AILtig the A o .~cut for"v.C nezm nai CommerAial Ghazette. A u'r UIaAk re 'u.dy, Dr Pirc' "avorit Pooinio " heGe irA of the sex ASSASSIN GUITEAU'S ANATHEMA. Remarkable Successlon of Misfortunes That Ha.e Followed His Withering Curse. VASHIGTON, July 30.-After the as sassin Guiteau had been convicted and sentenced by the court to be hanged for killing TOresident Garfield, he stood up in his place and pronounced a withering curse on every one connected with the trial. Little was thought of it at the time. It was regarded as a fitting climax of his ravings throughout that remarkable case. Guiteau declared that misfortune would attend every one con nected with his trial. Since then Gui teau's curse has impressed itself upon the minds of superstitious people by the singular manner in which it has appar ently been fulfilled. The jury was composed of twelve strong and healthy men. The foreman was in comfortable circumstances and was estimated .to be worth $50,000. Within a year after the trial he lost his money and is now reduced to the level of a day laborer. Four members of the jury are dead, and nearly every one has been visited with some kind of misfortune. District Attorney Geo. B. Corkhill was removed from office, his wife died and his own death followed before the end of another year. Mr. Scoville, Guiteau's brother-in-law, who with Charles H. Reed defended the prisoner, was divorced from his wife and lost all of his property, President Arthur, who refused to grant a pardon or new trial to Guiteau, was defeated for renomination and slow ly failed in health, and died last winter. Mr. Blaine, who was a witness '-a--+ Guiteau, was nominated for President, but defeated. John A. Logan, another witness, is now dead, stricken down in apparent health. Dr. D. W. Bliss, Garfield's physician, has been in very poor health for two years, and it is thought that he will never be a well man again. David Davis, who appeared as a wit ness, has also joined the great majority. Judge John K. Porter, of New York, one of the government counsel in the case, has practically retired from the practice of his profession. The guards who kept watch over Gui teau in the jail have nearly all lost their positions. Judge Cox, who presided over the trial, lost his wife. The downward career of Charles Hl. Reed, of Guiteau's counsel, which cul minated in New York a few mornings ago, by his attempting to take his own life, adds another name to the list of victims of Guiteau's anathema. The only conspicuous exception is found in Walter D.widge, of the govern ment counsel in the ;ase. Mr. Davidge has apparently been more prosperous since the trial than before. He stands at the head of the Washington bar. The defeat of the Republican party in 1884 recalls the fact that Guiteau pre dicted its defeat. Merits of Small Fowls. The advantage of small bree;Is of hens is thus presented by the Amerien Agri culturist: Though small in size, the Leghorns and Hamburgs grow rapidly and mature early. It requires some time before a large fowl attains its full size. The advantage of the small breeds is that they permit us to make a "short cut" to the laying point, though they may be deficient in weight. So far as the cost is concerned, it has been demonstrated that it requires no more food for a large fowl than a small one compared with the product. That is, we can produce as many pounds of Leghorn meat as we can of Cochin meat with the same proportion of food, but in laying qualities the small breeds are superior, as they are usually non-sitters, and lay large eggs. Another advantage with them is that, being small, a large num ber can be kept together, as they require less room on the roost. Being active, they do not become excessively fat, and. if allowed to run at large they will pick up a large proportion of their food dur ing favorable seasons. Being usually clean-legged, they are not as subject to scabby legs as the Asiatics, and if kept warm in winter they will lay about as well daring the cold season as in sum mer. Au Aristocratic Idiot. The semi-idiotic English nobleman so ably caricatured by poor Sothern is by no means a creature of the imagination. The writer once attended a fancy-dressed ball given to Prince Eduard, of Saxe Weimer, the commander of the South ern forces in England. One of the mas ters of ceremonies was Lord Arthur Sey mour, a person who might well have sat for thie original of Dundreary. A mis chievous naval lieutenant informed the sl'rig of nobility that one of the guests was attired as Judas Iscariot. Lord Arthur was pleased to consider this in bad taste, and attempted to find the imaginary arch traitor. During his. search ho came across the writer and ihe following conversation en sued: "Youah name is-er-L., I be lieve? "Yes, my lord," replied the humble individual addressed. "Well, I am aw told that aw a person is present who aw is dressed as Judas, and posi tively has the the thiaty pieces of silvalh iu hus bag. It is aw like his a-d ima pewdence to eawwy silvah heah! Why the dayvel couln't he aw bring sover eigns?"-Philadelphia North American. Ilon to s-cutre a Good Stanid of Turnips. An ol and experienced farmer gives us fh fe!xing rule for seurigagood stand~ tf trnps Prepatre the land thotroughly an e o ite rows readyv for sowing the -ed. t f uwat unltil rain has formted ai ru I:u cover with fresh, moist earth. Ih mi. it earth will germinate the seed,. ''d art Will pteaetrate the underlying duv hetie the plauts are up), thus ...-.....u::h moitu~tre from below to ii h to kill them otherwise. Au he el, it is said, is to roll the land -e .ie sowing~ turnip seed, thus secur . I- r'utig before the plants come upi, - klld by the hot siuu.-Aner.mo I . Premature decline of power in ir ex. howeyer induced, sp)eeIly and *erm. an-utly cured. Book for 10 cents in *amps. W~orld's Dispensary 3Medical As ~oitatrm 663 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.